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ROBERT S. HOWARD. Editor.
JEFFERSON, GA.
I'lt I DAY MORNING, June 17, 1881.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Wc have been promising all the time to
give our readers some news in regard to the
status of our railroad, but owing to the un
certainty that beclouded all of the transac
tions of those in charge of the business, we
have deferred the matter until we could get
facts to publish, and not rumors. To Bay
that the excitement has been high, and is
still raging, is but expressing the true situa
tion of affairs. For three weeks past the sub
ject has engrossed the attention of our promi
nent and moneyed citizens, and has been the
sole theme of conversation on our streets.
The cause of the whole trouble lies in the
admission of the stock list of the Jug Tavern
branch and the agreement of the Directors
t> build immediately a branch from our road
to that place. Now, there is nothing sinister
in this statement, yet the people at this end
<ff the line saw that it meant that the main
line was to be diverted from Jefferson to go
by Jug Tavern, thereby releasing our- stock
holders from the payment of their stock, and
ithdt possibly, some time in the dim future,
we would get a branch to Jefferson, with a
(as one of the stockholders expressed it) tri
weekly train, that would come down back
wards from the junction. We do not propose
to go more minutely into the other reasons,
but they were sufficient to make prudent and
conservative citizens think that their rights
were being infringed upon in a dangerous
manner, and while they were not opposed to
Jug Tavern having aj3 many railroads as she
could get, yet they did not care to see her
•take their own road away from them.
In the meantime, some of our stockholders,
thinking honestly that if the Jug Tavern
branch was put under contract that it would
be injurious to our road, filed a bill enjoining
the Gainesville and Jefferson Directors from
assuming control and management of the Jug
1 avern branch. \\ hile we have not read the
■bill, yet we are criditably informed that there
is nothing whatever in it to interfere with the
building of the Gainesville and Jefferson
road. The filing of this bill has, from some
cause unknown to us, aroused the indigna
tion of our Gainesville friends, who are per
fectly disgusted with our conduct, and think
wc have acted very foolishly in the matter.
In this, however, we beg leave to differ with
them, and ask that they accord to us sin
cerity in our motives. We propose to build
the road in any event, and have had no other
idea. We would like to have Gainesville's
assistance, for we can ill afford to do without
it. Yet, if we cannot get it, we shall cer
tainly be found trying to build it without her
assistance. \\ e think we know our interests
and have sense enough to hold on to what
ever advantages wc may possess, and we
should not be blamed for trying to hold our
own with the balance of mankind. Even if
we are foolish we will be found trying, and it
will not be an easy matter to bulldoze us.
Work is being carried on as usual by the
and as yet the disturbance has
not affected the real progress of the work, and
our stockholders had better be getting ready
their assessments, for we cannot build the
road without the monc}’.
The Readjustee of Virginia hold their
party convention in Richmond the first of
this month. W. C. Cameron was nominated
for Governor. It is said the whole ticket
put into the field by them is a popular one,
and will be a hard one to beat, and much
-more so if the Republicans of the State do not
■put out a party ticket, and as yet there is a
■deal of doubt upon the subject. The contest
will be exceedingly lively and promises to
keep up political excitement considerably
during the fall. Speaking of it, an exchange
says : “ The canvass will be a hot one. Not
only will the leading Virginia Democrats take
the field, but they will call on many of the
national democrats, Bayard, Ilill, Beck,
Voorhees and others being expected, and Ben
Hill, of Georgia, will cross swords with
Mahone again and the ability of the two as
stump speakers he tested, while the read
justers will seek the assistance of such men
as Conkling, Dawes, Iloar and Logan. It is
understood that Mahone will have the sup
port of Grant and the effort will be made by
iiimtoget Grant in Virginia during the canvass
as he thinks it would have a powerful effect
The Stock Law.
This question is undergoing serious dis
cussion throughout the county at this time,
and it demands the most thorough investiga
tion, because it is one of vital importance.
We have yet to find a poor man of much
intelligence who advocates “ no fence,” while
it is justly regarded by the tenants, or non
land owners, as a measure canculated, scri
ously, to injure their rights and privileges.
Viewing the question from a strictly legal
standpoint, it would seem to be just to enact
some law whereby every one should be pro
tected in the full use and enjoyment of what
ever property 7 rightfully belonged to him ; as
for instance it would appear meet and proper
that the owner of lands should have the same
right to restrain others from grazing stock on
his premises as he would to prevent them
from felling his timber. But I infer from the
arguments of those who favor the stock law
that they 7 do not wish to put the question on
this line, but, on the contrary, they contend
that a change would redound to the interest
of all classes. A largo, number of the agita
tors found their objections to the present sys
tem of fencing upon the fact that in South
Carolina, and other places where the stock
law has been tested, it has proven a success.
Admitting that this he true, and what we
know of it’s truthfulness is simply hearsay
evidence, and therefore of the weakest char
acter, it does not follow, by any means, that,
what would he beneficial to certain communi
ties in South Carolina would prove of like
benefit and utility to certain other communi
ties in Georgia. Denseness or sparseness of
population, the geographical situation, irriga
tion, &c., are considerations which might,
with propriety, enter into the denial of such
an assumption.
V ith us, at best, it would be but an experi
ment, and might prove an exceedingly’ dan
gerous one, and consequently it would seem
wise and prudent to just let the matter re
main where it is, at least for the present, and
this can be accomplished in no other way but
by going to the election on the first Monday
in July, and voting “Fence.”
Our present system of fencing is an old
one—so old that it would seem cruel to at
tempt an innovation upon it. From long
usage our people have become accustomed to
it, and any change in or abridgement of it
will unquestionably work serious injury to a
large number of our citizens.
A writer in your last issue, over the nom
de plume of “Vando Linctum,” propounds
several questions. The first of these are not
based upon facts, and are mere fanciful as
sumptions ; the two last are easily’ answered,
we think. With great deference to the good
sense and high character of the writer, we
simply answer that the reasons for the cattle
being protected in roaming at large in the
first instance, and jumping into the field in
the second, are that belonging to the brute
creation they are not held amenable to the
laws of the country. We know of no law,
human or Divine, that would authorize the
arrest and imprisonment of a cow or hog for
depredation or crime. These are, briefly’, the
reasons that stock, in some instances, have
more liberties than their owners.
Finally, we know of no county in the State
that has, as yet, adopted the stock law, and
as, with us, its adoption is not a dire neces
sitjb upon which our public or individual
prosperity depends, it occurs to us that it
would be wise policy to wait until some of
our sister counties shall have made the ex
periment, before we make “a leap in the
dark”—certainly we could lose nothing in so
doing. Respectfully, Fair Pj.ay.
The Atlanta Constitution says : “ A horrible
murder is reported in Dade county coal mine.
It will be remembered that some time a"o a
man named Wash McDaniel, bearing a very
desperate character was sentenced to death
for murder, lie lived in Washington county.
Governor Colquitt commuted the death
sentence to imprisonment for life and the man
was sent to the Dade county camps. A few
days ago as he was at work down in the mine,
a negro convict approached him and told him
that one of the bosses wanted him in another
part of the mine—a part that had been unused
for several months and was perfectly dark.
McDaniel followed the negro for nearly 500
yards through the dark ways until they reached
a channel that was pitch dark and far distant
from the regular ways. Once in this cross
way the negro struck McDaniel a fearful blow
with a large hammer, partially crushing in
the skull. McDaniel fell instantly, but being
a very strong man was not killed. llis as
sailant discovering this picked up a larse
piece of slate, having thrown aside his ham
mer, and lost it in the darkness, and com
menced beating his victim over the head and
face, gashing him fearfully, but still being
unable to hammer the life out of him. During
all this terrible ordeal McDaniel was bo^uino -
GO o
pitifully for his life. The fiend who had him
at mercy, however, intended to kill him. lie
then rolled him over to a pool of water about
a foot deep and tried to drown him. Failing
in this he deliberately went back to where the
convicts were at work, secured a pick and re-
turned to where McDaniel was lying. With
the pick he commenced hacking the dying
man, breaking his arm in two places, driving
the pick through his leg, and into his ab
domen. McDaniel, who had been struggling,
and crawling and begging up to this point,
now became silent and motionless, and tiie
murderer thinking that he was dead, rifled his
pockets and left him. The object of the
murder was robbery. It was rumored about
the camps that McDaniel had S2O, and the
negro was after this money. Shortly after
he was left for dead, McDaniel was found and
brought to the light. lie received the best of
attention, but his worn ds were mortal, and
our informant did not think he could live
— ll u f ’-
that Dr. Perkins, of Washington county, who
attended McDaniel when he lived in Wash
ington count v’ and who lold him in the mines
that he must certainly die in 24 hours, asked
him if he was guilty of the murder for which
he had been condemned and he swore that he
was innocent.”
The Walton News says: “The smoke
house and contents of Mr. Elisha Edgar, of
Cut Off, were burned one day last week. It
took hard work to save his dwelling. Air.
Edgar has had more sad affiictions recently 7
than any man we ever knew.”
31cu> ilibcrfiscmcnts.
I! It. ADAIR,
DENTIST,
June 10-’Bl. Gainesville, Ga.
"wrCc'Ei
IS hereby given that I shall apply to the Legis
lature of Georgia, at its -July session, 1881, for
the passage of a bill to be entitled “An Act to
amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad Com
pany’, and for other purposes therewith connec
ted,” approved August 23d, 1872, so as to author
ize said Railroad Company to proceed at once to
build a branch of their road from a point near the
line between the counties of Hall and Jackson to
Monroe, in Walton county, or Covington, in New
ton county, or some other point on the Georgia
Railroad, to he selected by the President and Di
rectors of said Company, and to issue ami sell the
bonds of said Railroad Company 7 to raise money
to iron and equip the said road and the branch
herein authorized, and to secure the payment of
the principal and interest of said bonds by a mort
gage of its franchises and property.
June 11th, 1881. A. I). CANDLER.
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May properly be called the 4 * Hercules” of medi
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VERY TRUE; BUT WHAT MADE TIIE
STJOCEJSS?
Mon shake their heads now-a-days, and say the big stores are eating up the little ones. But what
made the big stores big? They were all ” little ones” once. Ten years ago we occupied what
would be called at present a very small store. To-day we devote
TEN TIMES AS MUCH SPACE
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Certainly not possession of any secrets of business; certainly not advertising, though that has con
tributed its share ; certainly not our location. There is only one explanation :
Tireless Industry and Pleasing the Public.
Pleasing the public means having just what the people want at the
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This policy is the one wc have pursued for the last ten years. The attractions which wc offer in
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Ladies 1 Tics, Scarfs. Jabots. Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Ladies’ and Childrens’ Ilose, Parasols Um
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any house m the city. Ladies who want BARGAINS, New and Stylish Dress Goods
. New and Stylish Gloves, Parasols, Fans, to see all the Latest Spring
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Is complete for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children.
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TON and other FARM PRODUCTS. 1
HENRY HUMAN,
apl 15 Pond Fork, Jackson county, Georgia.
FOR THE SUMMER TRADE, 18817
WITH BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF A LARGE
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June 17th, 1881. No. 7 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia.